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September 2007 ArchivesAll right, so it took me more than a day to get an interview with former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee. To be fair, Huckabee was busy yesterday taking part in the PBS "All-American" forum that many other Republican candidates couldn't make. We wanted him to weigh in on Governor Perry's $9,900 a month rental that taxpayers are paying for, since when Huck was Governor, the ... Daily Kos commissioned a new poll of likely voters on the U.S Senate race here in Texas. It was in the field this week (Sept 24-26). It shows Cornyn above 50% in a match-up with Rick Noriega, but it doesn't poll Cornyn v Mikal Watts (I guess the Kos Dems have already counted out Watts?) The poll was conducted by Research 2000 for Daily Kos, with a margin of error +/- 4%. If the 2008 election for U.S. Senate were held today, would you to reelect John Cornyn, would you consider voting for another candidate, or would you vote to replace C... As if middle school wasn't tough enough already, now students must be subjected to doing something called the "trunk lift". The Texas Education Agency is introducing its statewide PE test today, something called "Fitnessgram". The lege passed the mandatory testing this spring, in an effort to cut down on obesity rates in Texas. The test will measure body composition, muscular strength, and flexibility, among other things. To measure these things, students will have to do push-ups, a paced 20-meter run that increases in difficulty,... If you haven't already heard, Governor Rick Perry and First Lady Anita Perry are moving out of the Governor's Mansion in Downtown Austin while the mansion undergoes a massive renovation. The whole mansion's being gutted because the plumbing (circa 1914) needs to be replaced and apparently the place isn't fire-safe, which is probably an important thing. Here's our video story about the renovation project when it was announced. Today, the Governor's office announced the Perry's >> Continue reading: Moving On Up... To the West Side First, Democratic US Senate candidate Mikal Watts got himself a souped up new website. Now, it appears his opponent, State Rep. Rick Noriega, D-Houston, has also gone and gotten his site a new look. The site has come a long way from the first day of the campaign. Back then, if I recall correctly, it featured a massively oversized photo on the "About" page. It looks like all the cell spacing and sizing issues are now resolved. The Noriega site lacks the cool map thing with rollover features that Watts has. But Norieg... During the legislative session, lawmakers passed a bill that required teachers across the state to get fingerprint background checks, which cost about $50 each. Who would pay? It appears it won't be teachers themselves, after some concerns about that earlier this summer. TEA (more specifically, acting commissioner Robert Scott) has received a letter from Perry, Dewhurst and Craddick that says the agency wil... Texas bloggers of the blue persuasion are hoping to translate their cyber-voices into actual dollars that can help candidates they support. Tonight, Kurt and Amy Meachum hosted the Inaugural Texas Blog PAC fundraiser at their home in Austin.
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